Royal blog

Thai Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn launched on Saturday the country's first royal blog. The aim is to make the Thai citizens embrace English more.

"We have witnessed in this past century that English has become a global language without much understanding of the process," she wrote. "Nor can we say that we really know the extent of its influence and status as the global language. But we can be sure of one thing: English can be used as a key to better understanding."

A pretty good idea in my opinion, but at as always when starting a blog it need to be updated on a regular basis. And I’m not sure that is job suited for a princess. At least not a Thai princess. The blog is part of the British Council website so maybe they will keep it updated. Anyhow having a member of the Thai royal family, who very seldom communicate directly with the people, has for sure brought a lot more light on the project. Which probably was one of the major ideas when getting the princess involved in the first place.